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My Letter- Name Spellers
I remember these little people! In my writing class this week, we discussed the stages of spelling development, that students transition through. When we got to stage 2- Letter Name spellers, it was very easy for me to visualize and connect with spellers at this stage. In my 8 years teaching kindergarten, I had the pleasure of working with a lot of letter-name spellers. It was always a fun task to sift through their writing, to decipher the messages they were trying to convey. At this stage what I noticed was that the students most times get the initial sound of the word correct and sometimes the ending. Also, that they spell the words, just as it sounds to them. However, as I learnt in my LIT class, as they develop on their knowledge of the alphabetic principle, and learn more short vowels, blends and digraphs, their spelling becomes a lot easier to decode, because they begin to include more letters, to correspond to sounds in the word. I can not wait to get back to my little Letter-name spellers.
What kind of spellers have you worked with before? What were some of the characteristics they displayed?
Hi Shevon, I do believe that you will make a tremendous impact on your little letter-name spellers upon to return to the classroom as you now have a wealth of information at your disposal. I can't wait to hear your stories of how they are progressing.
ReplyDeleteBecause I work with slow learners, I have worked with all levels of spellers during my years as a teacher. It has been a challenging experience to help them progress as I was not yet trained. However, the Lit classes have been extremely helpful in furnishing me with all the information and practice needed to help all the categories of spellers I will work with in the future. I now understand how I can help them to develop and move successfully to the next stage as we were taught the stages of spelling development. I also, will definitely do some more research on these spellers and share with you anything interesting that I find.
Hi, Shevon. I am intrigued by your reflection. sad to say I never taught at that level. Will reading though, it brought numerous flashbacks on students writing. You reflection have helped me understand why students write like this, "the students most times get the initial sound of the word correct and sometimes the ending. Also, that they spell the words, just as it sounds to them".
ReplyDelete"As they develop on their knowledge of the alphabetic principle, and learn more short vowels, blends and digraphs, their spelling becomes a lot easier to decode, because they begin to include more letters, to correspond to sounds in the word". This phrase of your reflection Challenges us as educators to play emphasis on teaching the alphabetic principle, short vowels and blends and digraphs.
Thanks for provoking my thoughts.